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	Our Use of "Cookies" and your Privacy

We are frequently asked why we use "cookies."

What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file that we create to store information on your computer. We do not use cookies to track what other sites you have visited, or to look at or track any personal or confidential information about you. We make use of cookies to enable authorization control for online subscriptions. We make use of cookies in order to only ask you to fill out the questionnaire once.

If you keep seeing the questionnaire page and can't get past it, here are some likely explanations:

General Problems:

You haven't activated your subscription.
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Cookie Problems:

You are not accepting cookies.
Make sure that your browser's preferences are set to accept cookies.

You are using a program on your computer that automatically deletes cookies.
You will need to create an exception for bmj.com.

The date is set incorrectly on your computer.
This confuses our cookies (they have expiration dates). Check to see that your date is set accurately.

Your browser does not support cookies.
You will need to upgrade it. [How to check and update your browser]

You are accessing bmj.com via a "proxy server" that is deleting cookies automatically.
You should contact your network administrator to determine whether your institution's proxy server is the source of the trouble.

If you still have difficulty, send us email at bmj-feedback{at}highwire.stanford.edu and we will attempt to diagnose your problem.

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There are four cookies used in our system: "acceptsCookies" certifies that you are using a browser which accepts cookies. "username" identifies you to our system as a valid user. "pswd" tracks your password (encrypted). "JServSessionId" identifies your session to our computer.

Unless you use the "Auto Sign In" option on the sign in page, the cookie information we create in your browser is destroyed as soon as you quit your browser. On the other hand, if you use the "Auto Sign In" option once and accept the cookies, on future occasions, the system will only set one cookie, since the other cookies remain resident on your computer until you delete them using "Sign Out."